If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.
If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
Albert Einstein

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Alphabet of Illiteracy :: Project Literacy

Alphabet of
Illiteracy

The Alphabet of Illiteracy uses each
letter of the alphabet to highlight an issue that could be tackled if literacy
was improved.

There are 757 million people who
cannot read a single sentence. The consequences of illiteracy go far beyond not
being able to read a book – it fuels some of the world’s biggest problems.

Project Literacyis a
global campaign supported by 40 charities and educational organisations with
the target that by 2030 no newborn child will face a life of poor literacy.
Campaigners have launched a petition urging action on illiteracy, which will be
presented to the UN in New York onInternational Literacy Dayon 8
September.

“Literacy is a key component in
achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals. Without literacy, each of the
17 goals will be limited by the inability of citizens to be sufficiently
informed on key issues, and less empowered to take action,” said Dan Wagner,Unesco’s chair in learning and literacy at the University of Pennsylvania.